Necromunda!

Hey everybody!
This weekend saw the pre-orders for House Cawdor, the fourth gang available for the new Necromunda: Underhive, and between this and the recent kill team stuff going on, it’s gotten me thinking a lot about the skirmish stuff from GW.

I’m a huge fan of games that see massed infantry with some decent heavy support stuff, so skirmish games might not be the first thing I go for. But there’s no denying it, long and drawn-out 40k games can be a bit tiring after a while. I mean, sure, some folks will relish playing for 4+ hours, but while I love the look of seeing my army out on the battlefield, I can’t say that I relish setting aside an entire day to play one game. Certainly not if it isn’t in the comfort of my own home, where I can at least take food and bathroom breaks to my heart’s content…

So, instead I’ve been thinking about these skirmish things, and after excitedly getting my Kill Team box last weekend, I’ve been poring over the rulebook and building teams left and right – fortunately, I don’t think I need to buy any additional models right now, though I don’t think that will stop me in the long run from buying yet more little dudes…

Kill Team is a subject for another blog, though – today, I want to talk about the other 40k-themed skirmish game that has been out for almost a year now, Necromunda: Underhive. I bought this game for myself last Christmas, and despite having built up the Escher gang that came in the box, and also investing heavily in literally everything that has come out for the game between then and now, I haven’t really done anything about it. Hm.

So this weekend, I’ve been looking through the rules, and through each of the (currently) three Gang War supplements, and have been trying to fathom out (a) how the game works, and (b) how gang construction works. Doing so has gotten me really intrigued, I must say, to the point where I’ve gone and built up my first actual gang, a group of six Van Saar gangers that I’m now ready to paint and see if I can get some games with them!

I’m really excited for this game, and will continue to buy everything for it as it gets released, from my retailer-of-choice for these things, Alchemists Workshops. They’re not too far away, and definitely have some fantastic deals going on with GW and more, so you should definitely check them out if you’re after some little dudes of your own!